OpenAI被流放的CEO（附翻译+原文）

萨姆·奥特曼离开了OpenAI，正如乔布斯离开了Apple（？）

OpenAI宣布领导层换届

2023年11月17日

首席技术官Mira Murati任命临时首席执行官领导OpenAI；萨姆·奥特曼离开公司。

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OpenAI，股份有限公司董事会今天宣布，Sam Altman将辞去首席执行官一职，离开董事会。该公司首席技术官Mira Murati将担任临时首席执行官，立即生效。

作为OpenAI领导团队的成员，Mira在OpenAI发展成为全球人工智能领导者的过程中发挥了关键作用。她拥有独特的技能，了解公司的价值观、运营和业务，并已领导公司的研究、产品和安全职能。考虑到她的长期任期和与公司各方面的密切合作，包括她在人工智能治理和政策方面的经验，董事会认为她是唯一有资格担任该职位的人，并预计在正式寻找永久首席执行官时会实现无缝过渡。

Sam Altman的离职是在董事会进行审议审查后做出的，审查的结论是，他在与董事会的沟通中并不一贯坦诚，阻碍了董事会履行职责的能力。董事会对他继续领导OpenAI的能力不再有信心。

在一份声明中，董事会表示：“OpenAI是为了推进我们的使命而精心构建的：确保通用人工智能造福全人类。董事会仍然完全致力于服务于这一使命。我们感谢Sam为OpenAI的创立和发展做出的许多贡献。同时，我们相信，随着我们的前进，新的领导层是必要的。作为公司研究的领导者Mira非常有资格担任临时首席执行官。我们对她在这一过渡时期领导OpenAI的能力充满信心。”

OpenAI的董事会由OpenAI首席科学家Ilya Sutskever、独立董事Quora首席执行官Adam D'Angelo、科技企业家Tasha McCauley和乔治城安全与新兴技术中心的Helen Toner组成。

作为这一过渡的一部分，Greg Brockman将辞去董事会主席的职务，并继续在公司任职，向首席执行官报告。

OpenAI成立于2015年，是一家非营利组织，其核心使命是确保通用人工智能造福全人类。2019年，OpenAI进行了重组，以确保公司能够为实现这一使命筹集资金，同时保留非营利组织的使命、治理和监督。董事会的大多数成员是独立的，独立董事不持有OpenAI的股权。尽管该公司经历了巨大的发展，但推进OpenAI的使命并维护其章程的原则仍然是董事会的基本治理责任。

OpenAI announces leadership transition

November 17, 2023

Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI; Sam Altman departs the company.

Search process underway to identify permanent successor.

The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc., the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities, today announced that Sam Altman will depart as CEO and leave the board of directors. Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately.

A member of OpenAI’s leadership team for five years, Mira has played a critical role in OpenAI’s evolution into a global AI leader. She brings a unique skill set, understanding of the company’s values, operations, and business, and already leads the company’s research, product, and safety functions. Given her long tenure and close engagement with all aspects of the company, including her experience in AI governance and policy, the board believes she is uniquely qualified for the role and anticipates a seamless transition while it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO.

Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam’s many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward. As the leader of the company’s research, product, and safety functions, Mira is exceptionally qualified to step into the role of interim CEO. We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period.”

OpenAI’s board of directors consists of OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, independent directors Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, technology entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology’s Helen Toner.

As a part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.

OpenAI was founded as a non-profit in 2015 with the core mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. In 2019, OpenAI restructured to ensure that the company could raise capital in pursuit of this mission, while preserving the nonprofit's mission, governance, and oversight. The majority of the board is independent, and the independent directors do not hold equity in OpenAI. While the company has experienced dramatic growth, it remains the fundamental governance responsibility of the board to advance OpenAI’s mission and preserve the principles of its Charter.

原文见：

OpenAI announces leadership transition

https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition